Marl Levin was hot on Romney last time around too.
Unfortunately, Romney was about the best it was going to get last time...of the final three or four. Last time is he campaigned more conservatively than the field. This time he is to the left of the field.
Levin was never “hot” on Romney. After all the other conservatives were gone, and we were left with McCain, Giuliani, Romney, and Huckabee, some of the conservative talk show hosts decided that Romney was the best of that bunch. They really didn’t want McCain, and they didn’t seem to like Huckabee. Heck, Limbaugh even said he’d support Giuliani if he had to.
I used the talk show host support to note that conservatives COULD support Mitt Romney; but even I never said they were happy about it.